42 permits for mountaintop removal were signed off by the EPA last Friday prompting incredulity and indignation among the environmental community (that has been a strong supporter of Obama’s 2008 bid). 42, that is more than has been approved during the Bush era. It is hard, even for the strongest green supporters  to understand the rational behind this decision.

Sure the permits have been pending before Obama got to office, but he made clear his administration will make it tougher to grant coal extraction permits.

We are all expecting anguishingly the Obama’s administration to remove this very controversial decision. If it were to proceed, no doubts environmentalists will hear in their sleeps the old saying “Never trust the governement” … Jeff Biggers could not help but noticing “Since President Barack Obama has taken office, an estimated 300 million pounds of ammonium nitrate/fuel oil explosives have been detonated across our American mountains.”

When we take a closer look at GM seed manufacturers claims, they look either deceiving or unable to deliver and their attempt to explain crops failure by blaming insufficient fertilization in laboratory is not really convincing … Continue Reading »

Today (5/12/09), the French government was launching le Haut Conseil des Biotechnologies (High Counsel on Biotechnologies), an initiative aimed at assessing GMO’s impact on human health and the environment, in other words an attempt at solving the many controversies around these lines. The ultimate goal – or secret ambition – is to propose the EU with a guidelines and directives covering science, ethic, economic impact and legal to draft the next EU legislation with regards to GMOs. Continue Reading »

Bloggers from all horizons and interests are offering their perspective(s) on President Obama’s first 100 days in office. He has been … himself … challenging and challenged. I went from hopeful to worried, from reassured to disappointed, but ultimately, in 100 days, Obama has positioned the environment the place and role it deserves. Take it from what it’s worth, there is a long road ahead of us, but those first 100 days have been critical in giving this country a new direction that put the environment at the center of the decisions the administration is making in terms of policies and directions. What I have been most impressed with, is his wit at bringing around the same table people with opposite interests or divergent opinions.

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